Wedding Wednesday

Oh hi, its me again… not only the worst blogger ever but also a liar… Cause I told you you’d get a post on Sunday and alas, I forgot. But here I am! For Wedding Wednesday!

I only have a few wedding updates to share since last we spoke. We’ve officially booked our rehearsal dinner venue – and I could NOT be more excited! It’s PERFECT. The University Center Club at Doak Campbell Stadium – the palace of the Florida State Seminoles! It will be garnet & gold themed of course and our photographer will be there as well so hopefully we’ll be able to sneak down onto the field for a couple of pictures that night. Kinda like this:

There she is in all her glory! Doak Campebell Stadium! (The Club is on the top floor)

Maybe we will do this? Minus the wedding dress that night of course

The actual room we will be in

 Also, I emailed my photographer the other day and officially let her know that I changed my mind about bridal portraits. We had scheduled a Saturday in January (the same day as my trial run for my hair) to get dolled up like it’s the wedding day and take pictures. But I was having some anxiety about it. A) where would we do them? We don’t have a studio and I don’t want to get my dress dirty. B) What if I lose weight between that day and the wedding? I don’t want to have to get fitted all over again! So I cancelled and M.E. has promised that we will do a rock the dress shoot in the summer where we can get all the pictures we need if I feel unhappy with what we get on the wedding day. I mean, what if my bridal portraits looked like this?!

And one more update: WE HAVE BOOKED OUR HONEYMOON! On March 6 we will be leaving for ::drum roll please:: Paris & Rome for one week of newly wedded bliss! Eeeeeeek!!!! Please please, if you have any tips/recommendations send them my way!

OH and how could I forget – I mailed out our wedding invitations yesterday! I would love to share them with you because I spent a lot of time designing them but let me just tell you – they are unique and I love them.

PS. Have you seen this site? Horrendous! 

PPS. Because its Wedding Wednesday don't forget that I'm linking up with Belle in Boots & Love Always, Nancy J so go check them out!

Wedding Wednesday

So it’s been awhile since I last did a Wedding Wednesday! It’s tricky because I want to share EVERYTHING with you but at the same time some things I would like to be a surprise and some things I’m sure you don’t want to hear me complain about. I will tell you think though, I have officially hit this stage of the wedding planning.

When we first got engaged I was like this.

Now I’m like this- beyond stressed.

And I’m just so ready to be like this.

I'mready to be married to M.E.. And then go on our honeymoon. Which may be changing btw - the destination MAY no longer be in the Caribbean... it MAY be Europe. And I want to cry just thinking about how amazingly spectacular it would be to be in Europe with my new husband. Here’s a little update on the actual planning: 

Centerpieces: We have arranged 10 of 18 and taken pictures of how they will be set up. 

Plates: We need more plates. Anyone have any extra china sets they’d like to ship to me? Or can anyone recommend a website that sells plates in bulk? 

Bridesmaids: Their dresses came in and they look GORGEOUS. I promised I didn’t choose my bridesmaids on their stellar good looks, it just worked out that way. 

Bouquet: Y’all. I did a brooch bouquet. It was a LOT of work but it’s perfect! I wish I could show you but it’s another surprise! 

Rehearsal dinner: My soon-to-be mother-in-law is amazing and has really taken over with helping with this! The dinner itself is going to be about 50 people and she is so wonderful helping us arrange everything!

I am just so excited for all of the wedding related events coming up – and they’ll be here SO soon! Thanksgiving, Christmas, M.E.’s 30^th birthday, NYE, Couples Shower, Wedding Shower, Bridal Portraits, Bachleorette Party, Lingerie Shower, Bridal Luncheon, Rehearsal Dinner, WEDDING, HONEYMOON! Eeek!

ONLY 3 MONTHS AND 30 DAYS!

Wedding... Thursday?

So I missed Wedding Wednesday yesterday... mostly because when I started to think about what to post I had a little bit of a panic attack.

It all started with picking shower dates... One in the fall, one in January, and date in the beginning of February. The thing is, we are BIG Seminole fans. Every weekend in the fall is dedicated to tailgating and football, leaving hardly any time to spare for wedding planning! EVERY weekend until November is football filled, then the holiday season hits, then it’ll be January which is only ONE month before February which is THE month! Yeegads!!!

So I did what I always do when I’m feeling panicky. I made a list of things we need to accomplish soon:

Find the perfect wedding shoes (I know what they should look like in my head but I haven’t found them just yet)

Order the veil (can’t wait for ya’ll to see the one I chose!)

Pick out the tuxes (also officially ask the groomsmen!)

Get Mimi’s earrings adjusted (they’re like these old school kinda clipons and pinch my ears)

GET OUR PASSPORTS (this should be priority)

Book honeymoon (I can’t wait to be knee deep in the water somewhere with my husband!)

Reserve the car valet service (I can’t keep procrastinating on this... I just gotta bite the bullet and fork over the money)

Choose/book rehearsal dinner venue (Need to speak with my future MIL)

Confirm our officiant (And get him certified!)

Start gift registry (Maaaaybe I’ve already started this, I just need M.E.’s approval)

Obviously I have way more to do than what’s listed, but these are the things I feel need to be solidified fairly quickly. I can’t believe we have been engaged for 6 months already and we are almost under the 6 month mark to go! Where has time gone?? I'm just ready for ya'll to see my dress and to become M.E.'s wife. Oh, and to eat wedding cake & drink champagne.

Wedding Wednesday - Save the Dates!

Drumroll please....

Ta-da! Our Save the Dates!! Designed by yours truly and printed at a local shop here in town. I love them. (Because they are crappy iphone pics you can't see that our website is at the top in white: www.markandangie2014.com) I designed our invitations as well so they are similar, can't wait to show you!

Wedding Wednesday & 4th of July

Hi hi y’all! Guess what I got yesterday!!

Yup, that’s my dress! All hidden away at my parent’s house for another 7 months and 19 days! I keep thinking about it… it’s just so perfect!

In other wedding news… Originally we were planning to use a BBQ place here in town to cater dinner. BBQ is my favorite food (besides pizza) and this restaurant had great prices along including servers and formal serving dishes (so it wasn’t too tacky – not like BBQ on paper plates and tin bins). But then, M.E.’s boss offered us something amazing. He offered to cater our wedding at cost. Do you know how amazing that is?? We would save a heck of a lot of money but we will have everything the original restaurant had to offer and maybe more! Also, I like the idea of looking back at our wedding day and remembering that the food was made by someone that M.E. has worked/been friends with for a long time. We are so excited.

So I hope you all have a fantastic 4^th of July! I’m pretty sure its going to rain my entire four day weekend… Which means no sun tan and no spray painting (more bathroom work).

And in honor of Independence Day I wore my new navy and white striped shirt.

 Which apparently my coworkers thought I look like a referee…

So they made me a penalty flag.

 

Happy 4^th of July!

Random Wednesday & Wedding Wednesday

Happy humpday you guys!

Wednesdays are usually my favorite blogging day of the week because I heart Wedding Wednesdays! But I really have no wedding plans to share... We did receive the rest of our engagement pictures! But we're waiting on the disc to arrive before we order our Save the Dates, so maybe that will be next week's post...

Instead today we're going to talk about the roof! Why the heck does she want to talk about her roof?

I'll tell you why. Because I hate it. I hate it leaking. I hate it staining the ceiling. I hate it for threatening to fall in on our heads. I hate it for not doing what it is supposed to do. So today, during lunch, I will be meeting a roofer finally to assess the situation. Do we need a new roof? Can we just patch it? Lordy, the stress and the missing money I see in our near future... Also, jacked up roofs and paying for a wedding don't mix.

 Anyways... did you guys notice the blog makeover? Do you like it?

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Wedding Wednesday: In Progress...

Wedding Wednesday, horray! I really don't have anything super fun to report on the wedding planning process... Supposedly we get the rest of our engagement pictures this week and we've decided on the caterer... That means this weekend we will design our Save the Dates and decide exactly what we want from the caterer! So next Wednesday's post will be a lot more interesting...
So let's do a Wedding Planning Checklist, shall we?

COMPLETED

Set a date

Book venue

Book photographer

Book band

Book ceremony musician

Ask bridal party to be in wedding

Choose a caterer

Create wedding website

Buy wedding dress

Take engagement pictures

Select bridesmaid dresses

Select groom & groomsmen attire

Ask Daddy to make the cake

Hire coordinator

Choose officiant

  

IN PROGRESS

 Bachelorette party

Ordering Bridesmaid dresses

M.E. choosing groomsmen

Music selections to band and ceremony artist 

Finalize guestlist

Book caterer

Send Save the Dates

Rehearsal Dinner guestlist

Rehearsal Dinner venue

Order dancefloor

etc. etc. etc...

Some days its so overwhelming that I want to say to heck with it, let's elope!! I'm sure other Brides-to-be feel this way too, right?!

Wedding Wednesday: Asking my Bridesmaids

Its Wedding Wednesday! Probably my favorite link-up of the week! (tied with #backthatazzup Friday…)

As soon as M.E. put a ring on it, I knew without a doubt who I would have stand by my side on my wedding day. And I'm sure they knew it already too. But I officially asked my bridesmaids to be my maids a little over a month ago, the morning we went to the bridal dress salon. Unfortunately, they only got half of their gift at that time because of a shipping mishap. Had the gifts been complete, this is what they would have looked like:

 I stenciled their initials on to plain craft bags (in white) and the tissue paper was pink (not white like the pic...)

 Inside each bag was one of these framed sayings (that I printed and hand traced)

Will you be my bridesmaid? I promise there will be no ugly colors, bows on the butt, puffy sleeves.

They say I'll need someone to hold up my dress when I have to pee. Will you be my bridesmaid?

I would like to ask you to be my bridesmaid with the understanding that you will not attempt to look better than me.

 And a wine tumbler with their names, so they won't spill on their pretty dresses!

Purchased from this lady. I can't seem to find her shop anymore, maybe its because she was a horrible shipper!

 The girls seemed to like them and I had a blast picking them out!